smile per mile

Didn't realize my last post was made back in Nov. I blamed my wedding.
After much time off, it's almost the prime riding season again. Dry road, sunshine and the dead bug smell on my visor. Almost. Here in mid May, I was at the Lee Parks' total control level 2 class in freezing rain and hail. Aside from the weather, class was very enjoyable. Part of it was a small class. Only 2 groups with 6 riders each. Mostly sports bikes, incl. a beautiful BMW S1000RR. We went through a ton of stuff, ride psychology, speed shifting, trail braking, decreased radius turns, and more. Lee even shared his secret in bump starting. Of course it took me some time to acquaint with some of the techniques (like10 times for flopping and trail braking). Thank God sunshine arrived later in the day. We wrapped up by a solo run. It was a simple course aimed to bring all of the techniques together. We received critiques as well as snapshots. It was a lot of fun, and wish we could have done more of it.
By the time I got home I was sore and tired, but it was a day well spent.

"Smile per mile", Lee Parks.